I Finished Another Thing!
In an attempt to go through a ton of my old writing, in what I’m calling my Year Of A Thousand Projects, I’m trying very hard to not write anything new. Sure, there’s an odd short story here and there, when I feel the itch in my typing fingers become too much after seeing a particularly cool call for submissions, and there’s a whole novella at the front of my mind, just waiting to crawl onto the page, but honestly, it’s going surprisingly well.
The point with going through all my old stuff, isn’t necessarily to query, submit or publish it all. Sure, that’s the end goal (as it is with anything I produce) – but only if the product ends up being good enough for any of those things. That’s kind of the purpose of this, it’s more of a revision of previous work, going through old manuscripts, reading over old outlines and taking stock. Is there a story here? Is it good? Is it close to done and well executed? Or is it salvageable, but only if I put it in tons of hours? Where can I take this, and who can I send it to?
It’s more of a revision of previous work, going through old manuscripts and taking stock.
Honestly, it’s very rewarding work. Being a person who doesn’t have a great memory to begin with, and who also prefers to leave things lying around for a bit after the initial draft, I’ve come over a lot of stuff I had completely forgotten about. A lot of it isn’t great. There’s probably a reason why I left it in the first place, right? At the same time, some of it is brilliant. I’ve surprised myself with cool stories and intriguing plot lines more than a handful of times.
And, I just finished something! A whole novella, and one that can definitely become something. I’m not sure which way to take it yet, though I’m contemplating self-publishing it, so we’ll see. For now, I’m going to focus on the next project that needs an overhaul, and then maybe I’ll know what to do with this other one later.
But again, this is very rewarding work. If you’re like me, and you have an intricate folder system somewhere in the cloud, full of your old hopes and dreams, I recommend doing a little spring cleaning. Maybe you’ll find a gem or two, like me!
Have you done anything like this before? Got any helpful tip or advice? Let me know in the comments!
And as always, you can find all my thrillers and psychological mysteries at www.trey-stone.com/books.
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